Digital Government

Video: How Open Data Improves Government Collaboration

Check out the 9th installment of our collaboration with Socrata's Open Data TV.

Modernization

Using a Smartphone May Make You Smarter

Scientists have discovered at least one way in which the smartphone affects the brain positively.

Digital Government

Republican: Net Neutrality Will 'Jeopardize the Open Internet'

All five FCC commissioners face questions from the Senate Commerce Committee.

Digital Government

Computers Can Now Predict Violent Outbreaks Around the World

Statistical and computer models are identifying possible causes of conflict, raising hopes of prevention, and potentially providing guidance on safety and stability for development work.

Digital Government

Timeline: Rise of the Chief Data Officer

Charting the evolution of the government's open data movement.

Emerging Tech

Another Gender Equality Fail: Top Tech Execs Still Clueless About Women

Google chairman's gaffe seems more the tech industry standard than an isolated bout of ignorance.

Emerging Tech

Can HP's 'Security-as-a-Service' Product Change How Agencies Secure Apps?

Government customers can use it to perform security assessments of new or existing application code, websites and end-to-end mobile app security testing through the cloud.

Emerging Tech

Watch New 3-D Printing Technique Create Intricate Objects From a Pool of Goo

Most existing consumer-grade 3D printers print in layers that fuse together to make the final object. Carbon3D takes a different approach.

Emerging Tech

FCC Chairman: 'No Secret Instructions' From Obama on Net Neutrality

Wheeler will testify Tuesday at the first of three high-profile congressional hearings on the agency's net-neutrality order.

Digital Government

Coast Guard's Fingerprint System Used to Nab Terrorist Suspects is Flawed, OIG Says

Personnel on Coast Guard ships use handheld devices to collect intercepted persons' fingerprints and images of their faces, as part of the Biometrics at Sea System.

Emerging Tech

GPO Joins GitHub

The agency is trying to connect with a broader community of developers who might be doing their own analyses of federal documents.

Emerging Tech

Why ‘Cloud is Here to Stay’

Cloud computing may be the most-hyped technology since the Internet itself, but its reputation as a disruptor is perhaps one of the few technologies that would have Public Enemy changing their lyrics.

Emerging Tech

DISA Drops $1.6B Contract after Controversy

The cancellation comes as several companies protested the award in February.

Digital Government

Take a First Look at the Next Generation Ebola-Protection Suit

The two biggest issues with past versions were the tendency for workers to overheat and the high risk of contamination when removing the suit.

Digital Government

8 Questions on What US' New Era of Net Neutrality Really Means

Will this sea change in U.S. Internet policy go down in history as a win, an inconsequential whimper or a waste of our nation’s global innovation leadership?

Digital Government

Ted Cruz Tells NASA to Stop Worrying About Climate Change and Focus on Space

The Texas Republican and likely presidential candidate told NASA’s chief Thursday to focus on “what inspires little boys and little girls across this country.”